War Memorial #373 ~ Milborne Port Multi-cache

A shortish, two-stage cache in Milborne Port. The war memorial is located in St John's churchyard on unconsecrated ground.

The memorial commemorates the men of Milborne Port who lost their lives in both the Great War and WW2. The war memorial to the men of Milborne Port was erected in 1921. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1928. The names of the fallen in the Second World War were added later.

The memorial is a freestanding cross with a tapering hexagonal shaft and elaborately carved lantern or tabernacle head with a calvary. It surmounts a square moulded plinth and octagonal step. The step stands on an octagonal capped platform. The front face of the plinth has a carved wreath in relief, and inside is inscribed: TO/ THE MEN OF/ MILBORNE PORT/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 -1918. The step below is inscribed: 1939 - 1945. The other faces of the plinth and step are inscribed with the names of the fallen.

A considerable amount of research has been carried out on all thirty men from the Great War, resulting in a small booklet being published detailing all that is know about all but two of the men. Similar research has been carried out on the nineteen men from WW2 and in this case, the details of all men are known. As with the men of the Great War, a booklet has been published about then nineteen men.

The Cache

A few feet behind the memorial is a wooden bench beside the gravel path. It is dedicated to somebody, born 1988, died efgh.

A = h

B = number of letters in the second name

C = number of letters in first name

The cache can be found at N50° 57.ABC' W2° 27.(e+3)B(e+3)'

Checksum of all digits is 59

You are looking for a 50 ml screw-top pot. Bring your own pen